Liz Landers is a national correspondent leading the disinformation desk at Scripps News.
Hurricanes Helene and Milton may have cleared the Southeast region of the U.S., but the devastation in communities, along with a wake of misinformation and disinformation about the storms and the federal response, remains. President Joe Biden and his administration have been working to dispel false claims.To learn more about the administration’s efforts, the Scripps News Disinformation Desk spoke with Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.
t is impacting recovery efforts. It is impacting real people, accessing the real need they really rely upon.LIZ LANDERS: Is this also leading to any kind of credible threats to these FEMA workers, to the federal workers who are trying to help with the recovery efforts?SEC. We are. And we're also not just tracking it, Liz, we're closely monitoring whether or not it is being spread. But we are also very active in debunking false information so people understand what the facts really are and what assistance they can really access.
t is preposterous. I don't know what else to say. We don't have time for preposterous remarks like that. You know, our proud history is to come together as one country, united in the service of people in need, especially at times like this, and we need that history to be the present and to continue into the future. We just can't have statements like that, that are just divisive and also, as I mentioned, ridiculous.
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